Agatu
Sign in to saveAgatu is a Local Government Area of Benue State, North Central Nigeria, created in 1996. It was formerly part of the Agatu district in the old Otukpo division. The headquarters of the local government is at Obagaji. Agatu is one of nine local government areas in the southern senatorial zone of Benue State, which is mainly occupied by the Idoma people. The majority of the resident population are farmers.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Agatu
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Benue State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Headquarters
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Obagaji
- Settlement.leader_title
- Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council
- Settlement.leader_name
- Hon. Joseph Ngbede
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1,065
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 166,900
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 8
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Inception
- 1991
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- local government area of Nigeria
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Benue State
- Population
- +115597
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
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- Geography
- Climate condition
- Localities
- See also
- References
Agatu is a Local Government Area of Benue State, North Central Nigeria, created in 1996. It was formerly part of the Agatu district in the old Otukpo division. The headquarters of the local government is at Obagaji. Agatu is one of nine local government areas in the southern senatorial zone of Benue State, which is mainly occupied by the Idoma people. The majority of the resident population are farmers.
By the 1991 census, it has a population of about 80,000.